[GLLUG] Burnbox & Beer progress

[Richard Houser]

Clay,

Do we have DVD-R support this time?

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:

> Busy weekend getting ready for Penguicon.
>
> All of the beer is now in kegs.  The two beers we made back in February
> both have very full kegs, which means they absorb CO2 much more slowly.
> That's okay, because the style for both beers is for lower CO2.  Just
> the same, I'll keep them under gas until Penguicon, so they'll be better
> carbonated for the party.
>
> I started assembly of the bar.  It will keep the kegs and gas equipment
> out of sight and out of harm's way, and make a decent pouring surface.
> The structure can be broken down without tools, and it will fit in the
> back seat of my car.  I'll finish it with spar urethane, the same finish
> they use for boats, so when we spill beer it won't stain or damage
> anything.
>
> Finally, the burnbox is nearly ready to go, but I'll probably be poking
> at it throughout the week.  The hardware is assembled, OS is installed,
> and I have images for Ubuntu 8.10, FreeBSD 7.1 and OpenBSD 4.4. It wants
> some software and configuration tweaks, and there are some problems with
> error handling.
>
> I would like to know what people want to see for images on the box.
> There are a couple of factors though:
>
> 1. I have no interest in downloading every obscure Linux distro under
> the sun.  We have one good distro that will fill the needs of 90% of our
> guests, so I don't want to waste my time downloading a bunch of extra
> stuff that won't get used by more than one person.
>
> 2. Rescue CDs are good, but we don't need a dozen of them.
>
> 3. A CD full of open source software for Windows would be nice to have.
> If somebody could point me to a good distro I would like that.
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